[Web4lib] Asset Management software

[Jackie AlSaffar]

Fellow listers:
 
We are needing software to centrally manage assets posted within our
online courses.   These "assets" include such things as:
bibliographic and persistent link info for all articles within
databases course information pertaining to each assetpermissions info
associated with copyrighted works locally-produced Sharable Content
Objects Here's a short-list of what we would like ideally:  such a
database would be web-based; several people need read/write access;  
would be nice to have the ability to pull in data from online databases
to populate fields of Item Information (akin to EndNote or RefWorks
functionality);  need the ability to sort by course and term, need the
ability to search by author, title (of short work & longer work) ;   
need the ability to include attached files (permissions letters,
denials, other correspondence and tracking info); need the ability to
run reports to catch dead links, expiry of embargo period on an article,
 etc.
 
If you can make any recommendations, I am all ears.  We're thinking
this might have to be a home-grown database, but that would be our last
resort.   Certainly if anone has developed or knows of any open-source
management tools that might do the trick, let me know.  
 Jackie AlSaffar
Reference Librarian / Centers Liaison
Buena Vista University Library
610 W. 4th Street 
Storm Lake, IA  50588712.749.2089
877.288.2240